On February 15th/16th the asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly past the Earth at a distance of only 34000 km (inside the ring of geostationary satellites). At a maximum magnitude of about 7.4 it will not be
visible to the naked eye, but should be visible through binoculars if you know where to look and live in the right part of the world.

You can change the settings below to get the best chart for your location.
If the chart shows only the Sun and no stars, then you have selected a central time during the daylight hours. If the track is not visible at all, then
the asteroid is not visible from zour location. The best locations are in Asia (India, China) and the further away you are from here, the worse
the visibility will be. Observers in North America are out of luck this time.

Central time for sky chart and table

Year
Month
Day
Time

Time period to extend table and track either side of central time hours. (max. 6)

Dimmest stars are magnitude +5. Click on the chart to zoom in on that part of the sky

Table of positions for your location

Time

Distance (km)

Brightness

Altitude

Right ascension

Declination

Constellation

Feb 15, 13:30:00

152,054

12.2

-52.4°

4h 14m

-85° 49'

Octans

Feb 15, 14:00:00

140,759

11.9

-53.4°

5h 36m

-86° 18'

Octans

Feb 15, 14:30:00

129,502

11.7

-54.6°

7h 21m

-86° 10'

Octans

Feb 15, 15:00:00

118,295

11.5

-56.1°

8h 55m

-85° 10'

Octans

Feb 15, 15:30:00

107,156

11.2

-57.7°

9h 58m

-83° 21'

Octans

Feb 15, 16:00:00

96,113

10.8

-59.5°

10h 38m

-80° 47'

Chamaeleon

Feb 15, 16:30:00

85,214

10.5

-61.2°

11h 4m

-77° 22'

Chamaeleon

Feb 15, 17:00:00

74,534

10.1

-62.2°

11h 22m

-72° 53'

Musca

Feb 15, 17:30:00

64,211

9.6

-61.8°

11h 35m

-66° 52'

Musca

Feb 15, 18:00:00

54,490

9.0

-58.4°

11h 44m

-58° 37'

Centaurus

Feb 15, 18:30:00

45,833

8.4

-50.4°

11h 52m

-47° 2'

Centaurus

Feb 15, 19:00:00

39,072

7.7

-36.5°

11h 58m

-30° 53'

Hydra

Feb 15, 19:30:00

35,474

7.3

-16.9°

12h 4m

-10° 0'

Virgo

Feb 15, 20:00:00

36,125

7.4

4.8°

12h 11m

12° 25'

Virgo

Feb 15, 20:30:00

40,832

7.9

23.3°

12h 17m

31° 36'

Coma Berenices

Feb 15, 21:00:00

48,357

8.6

36.6°

12h 23m

45° 43'

Canes Venatici

Feb 15, 21:30:00

57,529

9.2

45.6°

12h 30m

55° 39'

Ursa Major

Feb 15, 22:00:00

67,622

9.7

51.5°

12h 37m

62° 42'

Ursa Major

Feb 15, 22:30:00

78,240

10.2

55.2°

12h 45m

67° 51'

Draco

Feb 15, 23:00:00

89,167

10.5

57.6°

12h 53m

71° 42'

Draco

Feb 15, 23:30:00

100,283

10.9

58.9°

13h 1m

74° 41'

Draco

Feb 16, 00:00:00

111,515

11.2

59.6°

13h 10m

77° 2'

Camelopardalis

Feb 16, 00:30:00

122,820

11.5

59.9°

13h 19m

78° 55'

Camelopardalis

Feb 16, 01:00:00

134,171

11.7

59.8°

13h 29m

80° 27'

Camelopardalis

Feb 16, 01:30:00

145,550

11.9

59.6°

13h 40m

81° 42'

Camelopardalis

Flyby data (relative to centre of Earth)

Time of closest approach

15/02/2013 19:25:49

Distance of closest approach

34,100km

Speed at closest approach

7.818km/s

Speed at infinity

6.143km/s

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